In a profoundly moving and candid interview, Priscilla Presley has detailed the unimaginable grief of making the decision to take her only daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, off life support following a catastrophic cardiac arrest earlier this year.
The emotional revelation came during a sit-down with Piers Morgan, where the 78-year-old matriarch described the frantic race to the hospital after receiving the devastating phone call. "I was in a complete panic," she confessed, her voice heavy with emotion. "The news was every parent's worst nightmare."
A Mother's Agonising Choice
Upon arriving at the medical facility, Priscilla was confronted with a harrowing scene. Her daughter, the sole heir to the Elvis Presley estate, was unconscious and on life support. Doctors delivered the grave prognosis: Lisa Marie had suffered irreversible damage due to a lack of oxygen to her brain following the cardiac event.
"They were straightforward and told me she was brain dead," Priscilla recounted. With no hope of recovery, the family was faced with an impossible decision. It was in this moment of profound sorrow that Priscilla made the choice to honour what she believed would have been her daughter's wishes.
A Final Goodbye
"I had to make the decision to take her off life support," she stated, a decision she knew was in line with Lisa Marie's own feelings on the matter. The singer-songwriter had previously lost her son, Benjamin Keough, to suicide in 2020, a tragedy that had deeply affected her views on life and death.
Priscilla described the intimate and heart-wrenching final moments at her daughter's bedside, a private farewell that preceded the official announcement of the 54-year-old's passing on January 12th.
The interview paints a picture of a mother's immense strength amidst unparalleled loss, offering the public a glimpse into the private tragedy that shook the world-famous Presley family to its core.
